099: No philosophy consoles me in a clockwork universe

[Sierra]

<El-Cideon> In the central atrium of the castle, Polaris's protege lifts his warhammer in the air to signal the start of hostilities to his troupe. "Kill who you must," he says simply, perhaps by inference suggesting an alternate fate for the rest...
<El-Cideon> OOC: Steph is up first
<@Steph> Twirling about in midair for a moment before flickering out of sight, Stephanie dives towards the well-defended-yet-still-vulnerable mage in the back row with a series of bicycle kicks from her thick hooves!
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{44}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<@Steph> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{40}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{24}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{33}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+14 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{15}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+14 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{31}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24 footcrit?
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 1,0footcrit? --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> OOC: all but 15 hit, also crit
<@Steph> roll 2d3+16+6d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 2d3+16+6d6 --> 6,0[ 2d3=4 6d6=26 ]4,0{46}
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+6d6
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+6d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+6d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=3 6d6=23 ]4,0{34}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+6d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=3 6d6=34 ]4,0{45}
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+6d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+6d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=2 6d6=22 ]4,0{32}
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+6d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+6d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=3 6d6=20 ]4,0{31}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph (31) > Barnaby (21) > Jill/soldier x6 (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran/cleric (15) > Jacono (14) > Aria/light golem (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> "The construct can mind her," Jacono calmly instructs his squad as the wizard falls. "You stay with me," he adds for the halberd guards. "Otherwise: advance." Aria calmly orders her impatient feline companion to stand guard over her as the soldiers advance on the first row: the swordsmen charge Franceska, while the club-wielding soldiers target Aria's golem.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24+2 vs Fran
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24+2 vs Fran
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24+2 1,0vs Fran --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{43}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24+2 1,0vs Fran --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24+2 vs golem
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24+2 vs golem
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24+2 1,0vs golem --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{32}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24+2 1,0vs golem --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{36}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+16+2d6 vs golem
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+16+2d6 vs golem
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+16+2d6 1,0vs golem --> 6,0[ 1d10=9 2d6=7 ]4,0{32}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+16+2d6 1,0vs golem --> 6,0[ 1d10=10 2d6=4 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> OOC: AC, Fran?
<Franceska> OOC: Yeah that all hits in my regular form
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24+2 vs Fran improved crit is a thing
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24+2 1,0vs Fran improved crit is a thing --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{43}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+13
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+13 --> 6,0[ 2d6=8 ]4,0{21}
<El-Cideon> roll 4d6+26
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 4d6+26 --> 6,0[ 4d6=11 ]4,0{37}
<El-Cideon> Jill steps forward to lay into the guard that most viciously wounded Franceska!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{37}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{27}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+14 --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{24}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+9 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{23}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+8
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+8 --> 6,0[ 2d6=9 ]4,0{17}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Battersby and Shan
<Julia> "Battersby, help Franceska on the front line, won't you?" Julia asks, sending her wyvern trundling over to try over-running one of the swordsmen!
<Julia> roll 1d20+17 claw and improved grab
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0claw and improved grab --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit
<Julia> roll 3d6+8
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 3d6+8 --> 6,0[ 3d6=13 ]4,0{21}
<Julia> roll 1d20+17 cmb
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0cmb --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{36}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit
<Julia> roll 1d8+8 stinger, DC 15 fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d8+8 1,0stinger, DC 15 fort --> 6,0[ 1d8=5 ]4,0{13}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16 needs a 1
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 1,0needs a 1 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{20}
<El-Cideon> Always happy to stab away at a helpless foe, Shandria strides forward to jab her spear once at the pinned soldier!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{36}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+11+1d6 cold
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+11+1d6 1,0cold --> 6,0[ 1d8=2 1d6=1 ]4,0{14}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Fran and cleric are up.
<Franceska> "So you'll only get it if I beat it into your skull?" Franceska asks Jacomo, transforming into the form she wore earlier, the most grievous wounds melting away in the process. "That will be arranged." But for now, it's time for her to dispatch those assaulting her!
<Franceska> roll 1d20+30 soldier1
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+30 1,0soldier1 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{43}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+25 soldier2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+25 1,0soldier2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{26}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27 claw soldier1
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0claw soldier1 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{32}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27 bite soldier2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0bite soldier2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{36}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27 tail soldier2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0tail soldier2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{46}
<El-Cideon> OOC: soldier1 gets hit twice, soldier2 gets bit/tailed
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29+2d6+10 and infernal wound on soldier 1
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29+2d6+10 1,0and infernal wound on soldier 1 --> 6,0[ 2d6=10 2d6=2 ]4,0{51}
<Franceska> roll 2d8+28+2d6+10 and infernal wound on soldier 2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d8+28+2d6+10 1,0and infernal wound on soldier 2 --> 6,0[ 2d8=2 2d6=7 ]4,0{47}
<El-Cideon> Both men are grievously wounded, but both remaining standing (or writhing on a tail spike, in one case). The cleric singles out Franceska as an obvious target and utters a spell of paralysis--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16 vs SR
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 1,0vs SR --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{36}
<El-Cideon> OOC: roll will. -2, remember
<Franceska> roll 1d20+19+3-2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+19+3-2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{24}
<El-Cideon> OOC: pass!
<El-Cideon> "Let's see what we can do about sparing our companion such an ignoble end," Jacono says to his guards, directing them to follow him forward to try and batter down Battersby.
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph (31) > Barnaby (21) > Jill/soldier x4 (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran/cleric (15) > Jacono/soldierx2 (14) > Aria/light golem (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22 soldier vs Battersby
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22 soldier vs Battersby
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 1,0soldier vs Battersby --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{35}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 1,0soldier vs Battersby --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{30}
<Julia> OOC: both hit
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+14
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+14 --> 6,0[ 1d10=7 ]4,0{21}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+14 --> 6,0[ 1d10=7 ]4,0{21}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+27 Jacono
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0Jacono --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{37}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+12+1d6 elec
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+12+1d6 1,0elec --> 6,0[ 1d8=8 1d6=2 ]4,0{22}
<El-Cideon> Aria eyes the tangled melee in the center of the room. "What a mess. Let's clear some space. Barnaby, attack whoever's still standing afterward," she says before uttering a baleful curse over all enemies in the field--
<El-Cideon> roll 6#1d20+16 soldier fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 6#1d20+16 1,0soldier fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{26}, 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{26}, 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{28}, 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{23}, 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{29}, 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{34}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14 cleric fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+14 1,0cleric fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+15 Jacono fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+15 1,0Jacono fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{17}
<El-Cideon> roll 18d6 damage 5/6 guards halve this
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 18d6 1,0damage 5/6 guards halve this --> 6,0[ 18d6=55 ]4,0{55}
<El-Cideon> The impaled guard withers and dies, while his companions suffer less mortally from Aria's corrosive aura! Barnaby leaps forward to try and slash Franceska's remaining foe to death--
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph (31) > Jill/soldier x3 (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran/cleric (15) > Jacono/soldierx2 (14) > Aria/Barnaby/light golem (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+15
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{38}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+15 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+7
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d6+7 --> 6,0[ 1d6=1 ]4,0{8}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d6+7 --> 6,0[ 1d6=1 ]4,0{8}
<El-Cideon> roll 18+3
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 18+3 --> 4,0{21}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph (31) > Jill/soldier x2 (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran/cleric (15) > Jacono/soldierx2 (14) > Aria/Barnaby/light golem (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> The construct of light calmly waits for the mage's assailant to become visible again. Aria's golem, meanwhile, looks seriously damaged from just two strikes of the guards' clubs. It does its best to repay them in kind!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+23
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+23
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+23 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{36}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+23 --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d10+11
<El-Cideon> roll 2d10+11
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d10+11 --> 6,0[ 2d10=14 ]4,0{25}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d10+11 --> 6,0[ 2d10=4 ]4,0{15}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Julia/Scarlet/Rosey
<Julia> Unfortunately with Stephanie down at the back she can't go with her impulse to throw down some acid fog without hitting her. That always seems to happen too, she should have known better. So, weighing her options and seeing little chance of exploding tumours doing much good with her friends all clustered around, she resorts to just giving Battersby some healing, stepping up behind him and
<Julia> casting harm.
<Julia> "Scarlet, help out down here if you please?" It's a bit crowded but with her long neck Scarlet is able to get close enough that she can reach over to take a bite out of Jacono!
<Julia> roll 1d20+30
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+30 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> OOC: whiff
<El-Cideon> Rosemund opts to try and thin out the crowd herself by bashing away at the more wounded of the club soldiers--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+15
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{22}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+15 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+10
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+10 --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{21}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+9
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+9 --> 6,0[ 1d8=7 ]4,0{16}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph (31) > Jill/soldier (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran/cleric (15) > Jacono/soldierx2 (14) > Aria/Barnaby/light golem (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> OOc: Steph is up
<@Steph> Rippling back into visibility, Stephanie seems slightly alarmed that the golem is still next to her!
<El-Cideon> It responds instantly, turning a faceless visage Stephanie's direction and emitting in an echoing, phaseshifted voice: "SUBMIT!" before swinging twice at her.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20 ignores armor/shield bonuses to AC
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20 ignores armor/shield bonuses to AC
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 1,0ignores armor/shield bonuses to AC --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{26}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 1,0ignores armor/shield bonuses to AC --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{28}
<@Steph> OOC: natural armor is fine?
<El-Cideon> OOC: presuming that misses because I don't think Steph relies on either of those things. Natural is fine, yes.
<@Steph> OOC: I do have a shield bonus, but thanks to barkskin it still misses
<El-Cideon> OOC: Carry on, then
<@Steph> Ducking under the onslaught, Stephanie's next step is to dance towards the cleric and assault him with the aid of her dutiful flame!
<@Steph> roll 1d20+22
<@Steph> roll 1d20+22
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{24}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{36}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+17
<@Steph> roll 1d20+17
<@Steph> roll 1d20+12
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{31}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{27}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+12
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+12 --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{15}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+12 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{32}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 3x hit
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+6d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+6d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=1 6d6=21 ]4,0{30}
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+6d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+6d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=1 6d6=21 ]4,0{30}
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+6d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+6d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=3 6d6=17 ]4,0{28}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph = light golem (31) > Jill/soldier (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran (15) > Jacono/soldierx2 (14) > Aria/Barnaby (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> The Grey Sun priest tumbles to the ground next to his arcane counterpart!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Jill/remaining club jerk up
<El-Cideon> The remaining club soldier tries his best to smash Aria's golem to pieces before he follows his partner into oblivion!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+17
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{37}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{33}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+12 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{17}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+16+2d6
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+16+2d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+16+2d6 --> 6,0[ 1d10=2 2d6=6 ]4,0{24}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+16+2d6 --> 6,0[ 1d10=8 2d6=5 ]4,0{29}
<El-Cideon> Twin blows hammer into the golem's chestplate, sending it reeling! Jill sidles around Battersby to slash once at one of Jacono's guards--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{28}
<El-Cideon> OOC: miss. B&S are up
<El-Cideon> Shandria opts to stay out of busy melees and stabs once at the club guard from behind--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{38}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+11+1d6 cold
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+11+1d6 1,0cold --> 6,0[ 1d8=3 1d6=3 ]4,0{17}
<Julia> Battersby just goes for the nearest target, head lashing out to bite at one of the men menacing Aria's golem!
<Julia> roll 1d20+17 bite
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0bite --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{28}
<El-Cideon> Teeth scrape fruitlessly against his armor, however!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Fran
* Franceska leaps into the air and, boosted by magic, comes down on Jacono from above with all the wrath of someone asked to disarm for a parley and then viciously assaulted!
<Franceska> roll 1d20+30
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+30 --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{39}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+25
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+25 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{26}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{44}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{33}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 39 & 44 hit
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29+2d8+28 and infernal wound
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29+2d8+28 1,0and infernal wound --> 6,0[ 2d6=6 2d8=8 ]4,0{71}
<El-Cideon> Jacono survives, and fixes his determined gaze upon Franceska's devilish form. "Infernal filth," he breathes as he and his squad assault Franceska as one!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+27 Jacono
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0Jacono --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22 Jacono
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 1,0Jacono --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+17 Jacono
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0Jacono --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{26}
<Franceska> OOC: AC43
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{28}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{37}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+14 --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{25}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{25}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+14 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{15}
<El-Cideon> "Second verse--" Aria intones before casting another baleful spell over the remaining humanoid attackers--
<El-Cideon> roll 3#1d20+16 soldier fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 3#1d20+16 1,0soldier fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{23}, 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{33}, 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+15 Jacono fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+15 1,0Jacono fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{28}
<El-Cideon> roll 18d6 1st goon takes full
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 18d6 1,01st goon takes full --> 6,0[ 18d6=62 ]4,0{62}
<El-Cideon> Aria saves her golem from further assault, and Jacono and his guards remain badly wounded. Barnaby leaps around the tangled melee to swipe once at a guard--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+18
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+18 --> 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d6+7 --> 6,0[ 1d6=6 ]4,0{13}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph = light golem (31) > Jill (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran (15) > Jacono/soldierx2 (14) > Aria/Barnaby (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> OOC: Julia and Scarlet. Golem's near death and holding
<Julia> Casting vampiric touch with a twist, Julia holds up her hand and a blood red wave of energy appears between herself and Jacono, siphoning his life-force to feed her own!
<Julia> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+9 1,0ranged touch --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{19}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit
<Julia> roll 8d6 hp stolen
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 8d6 1,0hp stolen --> 6,0[ 8d6=26 ]4,0{26}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph = light golem (31) > Jill (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran (15) > soldierx2 (14) > Aria/Barnaby (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<Julia> Scarlet for her part just keeps on biting at the remaining soldiers!
<Julia> roll 1d20+25 bite
<El-Cideon> This is enough to put the man down for the count, eyes rolling back in his head as he crumples to the ground in a heap!
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+25 1,0bite --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{27}
<El-Cideon> But Scarlet only wears her teeth down against armor again.
<El-Cideon> Rosemund runs around the atrium's central angel statue to try and help Stephanie out against the luminous construct!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{36}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=61 ]4,0{61}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+9
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+9 --> 6,0[ 1d8=7 ]4,0{16}
<El-Cideon> Somehow, she finds something solid in there to strike!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Steph and golem
<@Steph> -and that means all Stephanie has to do is keeping hitting that one bruised spot to finish the job!
<@Steph> roll 1d20+22
<@Steph> roll 1d20+22
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{23}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{32}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+17
<@Steph> roll 1d20+17
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{30}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{18}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+12
<@Steph> roll 1d20+12
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+12 --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{15}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+12 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{17}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 2x hit, but d100 for each
<@Steph> roll 1d100
<@Steph> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=48 ]4,0{48}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=60 ]4,0{60}
<El-Cideon> OOC: latter connects
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+3d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+3d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=3 3d6=11 ]4,0{22}
<El-Cideon> The golem turns and flails its gangly arms in Rosemund's direction, phasing easily through her armor in the attempt!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{39}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d8+7 nl
<El-Cideon> roll 2d8+7 nl
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d8+7 1,0nl --> 6,0[ 2d8=15 ]4,0{22}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d8+7 1,0nl --> 6,0[ 2d8=11 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> Rosemund yelps in surprise as the construct smashes her twice right through all her protective equipment! Jill hurries over to try and stop this from happening again--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{42}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=86 ]4,0{86}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+8
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+8 --> 6,0[ 2d6=7 ]4,0{15}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Battersby and Shan
<Julia> Lacking in the imagination to reconsider, Battersby keeps right on biting at the heavily armoured soldier before him!
<Julia> roll 1d20+17 bite
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0bite --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> Shandria flies up and over the wyvern to land behind the guards and try to make good where the undead failed!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+18+2
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+18+2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{21}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hatebots. Fran is up
<Franceska> She gives Rosemund a worried look, but Jill is there so Franceska can spare the time to dispatch the flunkies before rushing to her aid!
<Franceska> roll 1d20+30 I'll attack one of the soldiers in melee with me and switch to the other if he drops
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+30 1,0I'll attack one of the soldiers in melee with me and switch to the other if he drops --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{44}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+25
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+25 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{38}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{29}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{41}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{40}
<El-Cideon> OOC: all but 29 hit
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29 +infernal wound
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29 +infernal wound
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29 1,0+infernal wound --> 6,0[ 2d6=9 ]4,0{38}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29 1,0+infernal wound --> 6,0[ 2d6=10 ]4,0{39}
<Franceska> roll 2d6+10 +infernal wound
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+10 1,0+infernal wound --> 6,0[ 2d6=8 ]4,0{18}
<Franceska> roll 2d8+28
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d8+28 --> 6,0[ 2d8=15 ]4,0{43}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Steph = light golem (31) > Jill (20) > Battersby/Shandria (17) > Fran (15) > Aria/Barnaby (13) > iron golem (10) > Julia (9) > Scarlet (8) > Rosey (6)'
<El-Cideon> Both men drop dead from the assault, and the luminous construct is the only foe left! "Golems," Aria sniffs. "I suspect I will have to leave this one to the warriors," she admits.
<El-Cideon> OOC: Julia/Scarlet/Rosey, practically speaking Aria can't do much vs magic immunes
<Julia> "I know, they're so hard to deal with," Julia commiserates, in much the same position. "At least I have Scarlet for that. Go get it!" And eager to oblige, Scarlet rampages forward, winding up to smack the golem with a terrific tail-slap!
<Julia> roll 1d20+27 charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{32}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit but roll d100
<Julia> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=2 ]4,0{2}
<El-Cideon> OOC: :(
<El-Cideon> The undead dragon's tail lashes through the right place but somewhere fails to find purchase...
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22 Rosey
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 1,0Rosey --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{25}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+17 Rosey
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0Rosey --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 Rosey
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+12 1,0Rosey --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d100 --> 6,0[ 2d100=85 ]4,0{85}
<El-Cideon> roll 2#d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2#d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=47 ]4,0{47}, 6,0[ 1d100=18 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> Rosemund swings twice on target, with similarly ineffectual results. "This thing is very annoying!" she fumes.
<El-Cideon> OOC: Steph and golem
<El-Cideon> Standing calmly in place, the golem's radiance escalates rapidly until suddenly a brilliant burst of light explodes into being around it!
<El-Cideon> OOC: ref for Steph/Scarlet/Jill/Rosey
<Julia> roll 1d20+13 Scarlet
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+13 1,0Scarlet --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{24}
<@Steph> And it's into that light that Stephanie directs another brutal, yet likely misplaced beatdown!
<@Steph> roll 1d20+26
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{42}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16 Jill
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16 Rosey
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 1,0Jill --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{26}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 1,0Rosey --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{32}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+22
<@Steph> roll 1d20+22
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{26}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{23}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+17
<@Steph> roll 1d20+17
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{25}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{29}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+12
<@Steph> roll 1d20+12
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+12 --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{21}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+12 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{13}
<El-Cideon> OOC: wow Steph, 1 possible hit, roll d100
<@Steph> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=58 ]4,0{58}
<El-Cideon> OOC: it's good!
<@Steph> roll 1d3+8+3d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d3+8+3d6 --> 6,0[ 1d3=3 3d6=4 ]4,0{15}
<El-Cideon> roll 6d6 damage ref 18 halves this
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 6d6 1,0damage ref 18 halves this --> 6,0[ 6d6=24 ]4,0{24}
<El-Cideon> roll 10d6 for Scarlet, also halved though
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 10d6 1,0for Scarlet, also halved though --> 6,0[ 10d6=38 ]4,0{38}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Jill is up
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+26
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{37}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{39}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+11 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> roll 3#1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 3#1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=68 ]4,0{68}, 6,0[ 1d100=26 ]4,0{26}, 6,0[ 1d100=34 ]4,0{34}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+8
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+8 --> 6,0[ 2d6=4 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Battersby and Shan
<El-Cideon> Shandria looks uncertain about attacking something that explodes into spheres of light on a whim, but then again no one looks terribly wounded from that...She decides to fly in on a charge!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+18+2
<Julia> "Battersby, go bite that golem!" Julia orders, and the wyvern chicken-walks after the dragon to give it a try, no doubt hoping for a softer target than those soldiers. Just... not too soft, though.
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+18+2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{39}
<Julia> roll 1d20+17
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+17 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{24}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=55 ]4,0{55}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Battersby misses
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+11 cold would be irrelevant
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+11 1,0cold would be irrelevant --> 6,0[ 1d8=2 ]4,0{13}
<El-Cideon> It's hard to tell how damaged the thing is, but its form does look a lot less substantial now...
<El-Cideon> OOC: Fran
* Franceska charges in after Shandria, using her increased range to strike at even such a crowded target!
<Franceska> roll 1d20+30+2-5 charge~ 5pa
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+30+2-5 1,0charge~ 5pa --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{46}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit, roll d100
<Franceska> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=70 ]4,0{70}
<El-Cideon> OOC: go!
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29+10
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29+10 --> 6,0[ 2d6=10 ]4,0{49}
<El-Cideon> Finally the thing dissipates into stray photons and disperses completely, leaving the atrium still and calm once again.
<El-Cideon> OOC: free act
* Franceska spares an idle thought to how such a thing might appear, impaled upon the tree back home. And come to think of it, does Grey find it surprising when new things suddenly materialize upon it when she cleans the room?
<El-Cideon> Aria gives her golem a critical appraisal. "I don't think this will be doing us much more good," she says. "Go back and watch the ship," she orders it. As it lumbers off, she adds for the rest of the party: "There's a flying carpet available now if anyone should like use of it."
<Julia> "Glad that's over," Julia says, going to touch up Scarlet a little. "Everyone ready to move on?"
<Julia> roll 2d8+10 inflict moderate
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 2d8+10 1,0inflict moderate --> 6,0[ 2d8=15 ]4,0{25}
<El-Cideon> "Just a moment, please," Rosemund requests, pausing to heal her own minor injuries.
<@Steph> "No problems here," notes Stephanie, crouching beside her latest victims to tie up their hands.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+7 --> 6,0[ 1d10=3 ]4,0{10}
<Franceska> "You're not hurt too badly, are you Rosemund?" Franceska asks her, staying guard just in case.
<El-Cideon> "And I suppose that I might as well use that, if no one else wishes to," Rosemund says, stepping onto the carpet and floating experimentally a few feet in the air. To Franceska, she shakes her head.
<Franceska> "Good!" she decides, flying up to match her altitude.
<El-Cideon> From the descending corridor that Jacono and his crew had arrived from, a figure shortly emerges: an axion, one of the castle's strange metal inhabitants. Its faceplate shifts in an attempt at speech and what emerges sounds a memorized greeting, half metal and half echoing with Polari's recognizable voice: "You may consider me sufficiently impressed with your capacity to murder my associates, Jill," it says directly to the old paladin. "I think we should conclude matters in person. Follow this creature." So saying, it turns and starts to shuffle back down the corridor.
<Julia> "I never get to impress people with my cooking anymore, it's always the murder that gets them," Julia says with a sad shake of her head.
<Franceska> "Oh no, I think it's Jill that impressed her," Franceska notes to Julia. "Maybe if Polaris surrenders, you'll get your chance?"
<El-Cideon> "I don't suppose it's possible this is a trap?" Aria asks, pausing to refresh her Stoneskin before moving on. Jill shrugs. "I wouldn't have considered that her way. But then, there's rather a lot of things I wouldn't have considered before now." She walks forward.
<@Steph> "You think that's the problem? She didn't eat enough delicious stew?"
<Franceska> "It might be the isolation. I turned out alright, but she's been here all alone for how many years?"
<El-Cideon> "She wasn't alone," Jill says with a nod toward the carnage upstairs.
<@Steph> "Alone with her followers?" points out Stephanie, starting after Jill.
<Julia> "Well, we know she gets out now and then, too," Julia says, as that's what started their involvement in this whole mess.
<Franceska> "They did feel more like brainwashed cultists than anyone capable of holding intelligent conversation, but yes, I suppose she does go out here and there to steal and abduct."
<El-Cideon> The corridor descends deep within the center of the castle. You pass many side corridors, but no one tries to interfere with your progress. Ultimately the creature stops in what looks like a control center of sorts: there's a complicated instrument panel here, attended to by two busy modrons, on a balcony overlooking a cavernous room distantly filled with row upon row of what's unmistakeably the same manner of device that lay in ruins in the Azure asylum's basement. The axion strides forward to take up position next to its master. Polaris looks much the same as in her past images, yet even more worn and weathered from battle. Her armor, unlike every other shiny and new piece of equipment in the castle, looks positively ancient, the sunburst upon it only barely discernible in flaked paint and bleached of color. Elsewhere, a cleric shadows her quietly, and sitting upon a chair floating smartly some fifteen feet in the air is the figure of Wilfrid. Time has not been a boon companion: he looks as though he could hardly stand up and walk away if he wished to.
* Franceska surreptitiously looks for the stolen mace, letting Jill greet her crazy former friend.
<El-Cideon> Franceska does not see any such implement obviously in sight. "I would very much like to talk you into surrendering," Jill says, sounding as hopeful as possible given the circumstances.
<Franceska> "Yes, would you mind letting everyone you kidnapped go?" Franceska asks curiously.
<El-Cideon> Polaris's arms appear to be a standard longsword and shield. Her hand rests ready on the pommel of the former, just in case. There's a sense of immovable solidity to her posture, despite the obvious wear about self and equipment. After careful consideration, her first question is: "How did you find us?"
<Franceska> "No, really, how about freeing people and returning what you stole?"
<El-Cideon> Rosemund's answer is simple and doesn't name any specific parties: "With a great deal of effort! But really, I must second Franceska, can we not stop this now?"
<Julia> "It was a long and exciting journey, the details hardly worth recounting now. But it all started when you stole a mace from the church of Pelor in Amaranth," Julia says. "The mace is less important now in the face of your many, many victims."
<El-Cideon> Polaris spares a look for Julia. "I stole what?" she asks.
<Julia> "Do you think Nisbet just stole it herself and sent us all on a wild goose chase?" Julia asks her friends, ignoring Polaris now. "It's starting to seem likely."
<@Steph> "The name Nisbet mean anything to you?"
<@Steph> Stephanie nods absently to Julia. Good cause, wrong reason...
<El-Cideon> Polaris's expression is a blend of suspicion and irritation. "I've no knowledge of this person," she says to Stephanie. "I've not been home since the war. What possible reason should I have to return just to commit some petty larceny?"
<Franceska> "Amusing as it is to have the entire thing come out of a misunderstanding, you are a terrible person and I don't see you denying abducting mages from all over against their will for a demented scheme that devils, universally being dimwitted, heartily approve of."
<El-Cideon> "I do only what must be done to secure our future against outside influences," Polaris says calmly. "I should like there to be a better way, but I can no longer rely on any other authority to take the necessary steps. I am not waiting for the next war--and there will be one, in time, have no doubt. All that anyone needs is for the kingdom to forget, and drop its guard, as the crown will only be too happy to do at soonest opportunity, I promise you."
<Franceska> "Yes, we found out about that."
<El-Cideon> She nods. "So I have made my own preparations, because no one else would."
<Franceska> "To sacrifice people in order to subtly brainwash others in the hopes it will be for the best. Yes, we found out about that, too."
<Julia> A pity they didn't put Auranelle in charge, she certainly wouldn't be about to forget. "We made a lot of really good arguments with your protoge earlier, but he was too brainwashed or dense to understand them, and I don't have patience to repeat myself," Julia says, drawing herself up. "So simply put; stop this or we will stop you."
<@Steph> "We argued the point extensively with your lieutenant, and, really." Stephanie points her finger at Polaris. "You haven't been to Solata in twenty years. It's not your home anymore," she states. "It's mine. Keep your hands off it."
<Franceska> "You have to realize you're in the wrong? You wouldn't have left messages to your old friends to keep away so you won't need to fight them if you didn't?"
<El-Cideon> "We don't need to hope," Polaris answers Franceska. "We have commitment." To the latter question, she answers: "I should have liked them to retire gracefully. They'd earned it, all of them earned it. Jill, did you not go home?"
<@Steph> "None of them had peaceful lives. All of your friends were entrapped. None of them were even able to see that message," laments Stephanie. "Just us."
<El-Cideon> "I spent most of the past two decades in captivity in Baator," Jill summarizes simply. "It was something of an education."
<Franceska> "Actually, all of them were in horrible places for decades and if you cared one bit you might've saved them. But it's just one worthwhile sacrifice, I suppose?"
<El-Cideon> Galina seems genuinely taken aback by Jill's admission. "Baator? I didn't know. I regret that you had to suffer so--I'm pleased at least to see you free and possessed of your own will now. I would have liked this meeting to be under better circumstances." Franceska again gets her attention. "You persist in using this word, 'sacrifice.' Do you disapprove of the very idea?"
<Franceska> "Someone else always ends up sacrificed for you, don't they? I disapprove of that."
<Julia> "How many are volunteers?" Julia asks abruptly, gesturing to the power-channeling apparatuses. "And how many did you take unwillingly?"
<@Steph> "Frankly, I disapprove of the goal," complains Stephanie. "But this is kidnapping, imprisonment, and- what happens to them afterwards?"
<El-Cideon> "Almost all of them," Polaris admits to Julia. "But I am reconciled to the fact that their numbers pale next to those who will benefit." To Franceska, she feels it necessary to clarify: "Not for me. For everyone." Stephanie warrants a more lengthy response: "You disapprove of an effort to deny the lower planes the very essence that sustains them until they waste away and we are finally free of their schemes forever? I cannot conceive of a higher cause." She shakes her head. "The subjects will only sleep and dream while the engine requires their contributions. Nothing more or less. There are worse fates than to spend one's life in a dream. I have seen many of them. No doubt you've witnessed your own share of hideous fates as well."
<Franceska> "It's a shame but our goals are irreconcilable," Franceska admits. "Just one thing, for my own curiousity. Does Pelor still like you?"
<El-Cideon> "I wouldn't call it much of a life to dream forever," Jill says. "Nor would I concede that we have any right to ask it of them."
<El-Cideon> Polaris considers Franceska's question at some length before answering: "I am sure that he will come around in the end."
<Franceska> "That's a no. Well, good, I suppose. Then he wouldn't be too terrible an influence on Rosemund. Now then, do you think you could stop us? Or would you prefer to save everyone who believes in you and surrender?"
<@Steph> Stephanie stretches her arms. "I think he's wiser than you when it comes to defining an appropriate substance for the material plane," she points out. "Your plan hedges on a theoretical basis that, if true, amounts to a form of domination; if untrue, you're doing crimes for no reason. Can't you see how that is wrong? Or why nobody just would want that done
<@Steph> 'for them?'" she demands. "To improve your life, would you tolerate me inflicting pain on an innocent?"
<El-Cideon> "I have always been prepared to defend what I believe in to the utmost demand," Polaris says, drawing her sword. "That has not changed." The blade lights up with an eye-searing white glare. It burns without heat. It burns without malice or passion. To Stephanie, with heavy irony, she adds: "Rather a lot of men and women I have known would be content to allow sacrifices on their behalf. I've only endeavored to find the least brutal price for the most enduring benefit."
<Franceska> "Let's try to make it quick," Franceska says to that, stepping in front of Rosemund.
<@Steph> Stephanie stares back at Polaris, and then simply shrugs. "Modron talk," she says, eventually shrugging.
<El-Cideon> OOC: roll init
<Franceska> roll 1d20+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+7 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{24}
<Julia> roll 1d20+2 Julia
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+2 1,0Julia --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{16}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+11
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+11 --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{20}
<Julia> roll 1d20+2 Battersby
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+2 1,0Battersby --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{8}
<Julia> roll 1d20+1 Scarlet
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+1 1,0Scarlet --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 Rosey
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+2 1,0Rosey --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{7}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 Jill
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+2 1,0Jill --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{19}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+5 Shandria
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+5 1,0Shandria --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{15}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+7 Aria
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+7 1,0Aria --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{27}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9 cat
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+9 1,0cat --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{24}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+6 Polaris
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+6 1,0Polaris --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{9}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+5 Wilfrid
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+5 1,0Wilfrid --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{11}
<El-Cideon> roll1 d20+7 cleric
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 d20+7 1,0cleric --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{10}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+10 axion
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+10 1,0axion --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+3 modron x2
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+3 1,0modron x2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{22}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > modron x2 (22) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Julia (16) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Wilfrid (11) > cleric (10) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> The axion takes first movement, lumbering forward to charge at Stephanie with a righteous fist!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22+2 smite?!
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22+2 1,0smite?! --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{25}
<El-Cideon> Aria casts a spell to hasten the party and then floats thirty feet up into the air!
<El-Cideon> OOC: party hasted
<El-Cideon> OOC: and Fran + cat!
* Franceska boosts herself with her strongest combat spell, and then charges Polaris to grant her that quick death she promised her!
<Franceska> OOC: action point to case bite of the werebear, then lion's charge!
<Franceska> roll 1d20+35+2+1-5 5pa, charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+35+2+1-5 1,05pa, charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{37}
<Franceska> OOC: Sorry, -5 to that
<Franceska> roll 1d20+25+2+1-5 5pa, charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+25+2+1-5 1,05pa, charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{36}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27+2+1-5 5pa, charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27+2+1-5 1,05pa, charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{33}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27+2+1-5 5pa, charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27+2+1-5 1,05pa, charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{33}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+27+2+1-5 5pa, charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+27+2+1-5 1,05pa, charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{32}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+30+2+1-5 5pa, charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+30+2+1-5 1,05pa, charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{43}
<El-Cideon> OOC: last hits
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29+10 and infernal wound
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29+10 1,0and infernal wound --> 6,0[ 2d6=6 ]4,0{45}
<El-Cideon> OOC: is any of that elemental damage?
<Franceska> OOC: No
<El-Cideon> Polaris's weathered armor proves remarkably resilient, shielding her from all but one strike! Before the modrons can act, Aria's cat leaps across the room to pin one down--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{26}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20 grab?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 1,0grab? --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{25}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+7
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d6+7 --> 6,0[ 1d6=2 ]4,0{9}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d6+7 --> 6,0[ 1d6=5 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+3
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+3 --> 6,0[ 1d8=1 ]4,0{4}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d3+2
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d3+2 --> 6,0[ 1d3=2 ]4,0{4}
<El-Cideon> One modron struggles to break free, while its partner tries to shoot down its attacker!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11 CMB
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+11 1,0CMB --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+16 vs Barnaby
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 4#1d20+16 1,0vs Barnaby --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{18}, 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{17}, 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{17}, 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> But all shots veer off the mark!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Steph
<@Steph> Stephanie decides she's just going to have to deal with the wizard first! But he's old and wizened, so surely a single flurry of blows will do the trick!
<@Steph> OOC: charge via pouncing charge whee
<@Steph> roll 1d20+23
<@Steph> roll 1d20+23
<@Steph> roll 1d20+23
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+23 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{24}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+23 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{24}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+23 --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{34}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+18
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+18 --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{33}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+18
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+18 --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{20}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+13
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+13 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{20}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+13
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+13 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> OOC: roll 3x d100
<@Steph> roll 3#1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 3#1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=66 ]4,0{66}, 6,0[ 1d100=57 ]4,0{57}, 6,0[ 1d100=23 ]4,0{23}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 2x hit
<@Steph> roll 2d3+16+12d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 2d3+16+12d6 --> 6,0[ 2d3=4 12d6=37 ]4,0{57}
<El-Cideon> As soon as Stephanie's within reach, an aura of illusion springs up over the elderly wizard, and a layer of magical protection also seems to blunt the worst of the attack. "What a ferocious creature!" he remarks as he's slashed.
<El-Cideon> OOC: Jill is up
<El-Cideon> Jill heads straight for her old friend to slash at her once from the side. "If anyone has to do this, it should be me," she acknowledges sadly.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+25
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+25 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{32}
<El-Cideon> OOC: miss, Julia and then Shandria
<Julia> Her head hurts as Julia taps into her well of necromantic power, sorting through spells and discarding them with lightning swiftness as she delves deeper, seeking something more. And in an instant of crystal clarity it hits her. Drawing forth the power is like holding a tiger by the tail, knowing that if she lets go it could backfire and affect her instead, but after a timeless few seconds
<Julia> her eyes blaze and she screams, "Wither!", the moisture absorbed from all her living opponents in a snap!
<Julia> roll 16d6 fort 28 half, hero pointing horrid wilting
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 16d6 1,0fort 28 half, hero pointing horrid wilting --> 6,0[ 16d6=48 ]4,0{48}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+29+3 Polaris
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+29+3 1,0Polaris --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{38}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11 Wilfrid
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+11 1,0Wilfrid --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{13}
<El-Cideon> OOC: actually, CL check vs him first
<Julia> roll 1d20+18
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+18 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Pass!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14 cleric
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+14 1,0cleric --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{31}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16 axion
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 1,0axion --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{27}
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+10 modrons
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2#1d20+10 1,0modrons --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{12}, 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{20}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > modron (22) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Julia (16) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Wilfrid (11) > cleric (10) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> One of the little constructs clings onto to life, though its companion withers to nothing in Barnaby's grasp. Wilfrid looks to be at death's door!
<El-Cideon> Shandria flies towards the remaining modron, choosing the weakest target as always!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{34}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+11
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+11 --> 6,0[ 1d8=2 ]4,0{13}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Julia (16) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Wilfrid (11) > cleric (10) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> It collapses to the ground in a heap of springs and gears!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Scarlet
<Julia> "Scarlet, handle Wilfrid, please," Julia asks, her dragon flapping its great wings and taking ungainly flight over towards Wilfrid, her huge jaws snapping out to gobble him up!
<Julia> roll 1d20+27 charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{41}
<El-Cideon> OOC: d100
<Julia> roll 1d100
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d100 --> 6,0[ 1d100=88 ]4,0{88}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit
<Julia> roll 2d8+12
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 2d8+12 --> 6,0[ 2d8=4 ]4,0{16}
<El-Cideon> The ancient wizard vanishes with a *crunch*, fancy floating chair and all!
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Julia (16) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > cleric (10) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> Polaris's priestly companion lightly rests one hand upon her mistress's shoulder, infusing her with healing energy!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 CL check vs infernal wound first
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+12 1,0CL check vs infernal wound first --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> OOC: remind me what the DC was for yours, Fran?
<Franceska> OOC: Way lower, it passed
<El-Cideon> Polaris, healed of all wounds, concentrates briefly--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+27
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{34}
<El-Cideon> Liquid metal arcs up from the floor, surrounds her for a moment, then pulls her down and out of sight. She reappears behind Julia, raising her sword for a furious assault!
<El-Cideon> OOC: note that Polaris's attacks ignore armor/shield bonuses to AC as well as any AC bonuses from spells. She also dispels any such effects on hit and you cannot cast defensively while threatened by her
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+31
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+31
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+31 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{51}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+31 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{38}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+26
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{46}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{41}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{25}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+31 crit?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+31 1,0crit? --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{44}
<Julia> OOC: AC 17 with those provisos
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+26 crit?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+26 1,0crit? --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{27}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21 crit?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 1,0crit? --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{26}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+11+1d6+1d6 all nonlethal
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+11+1d6+1d6 all nonlethal
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+11+1d6+1d6 1,0all nonlethal --> 6,0[ 1d8=6 1d6=1 1d6=6 ]4,0{24}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+11+1d6+1d6 1,0all nonlethal --> 6,0[ 1d8=6 1d6=6 1d6=3 ]4,0{26}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d8+22+1d6+1d6 all nonlethal
<El-Cideon> roll 2d8+22+1d6+1d6 all nonlethal
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d8+22+1d6+1d6 1,0all nonlethal --> 6,0[ 2d8=6 1d6=1 1d6=5 ]4,0{34}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d8+22+1d6+1d6 1,0all nonlethal --> 6,0[ 2d8=7 1d6=3 1d6=4 ]4,0{36}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d8+22+1d6+1d6 all nonlethal
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d8+22+1d6+1d6 1,0all nonlethal --> 6,0[ 2d8=10 1d6=1 1d6=4 ]4,0{37}
<El-Cideon> "I think you'll do," Polaris says calmly as Julia collapses from the attack!
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > cleric (10) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> OOC: Battersby!
<Julia> Even without orders, Battersby knows which side his bread is buttered, and so immediately responds by trying to kill the one that would assault his creator!
<Julia> roll 1d20+17 talon time
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0talon time --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{19}
<El-Cideon> Polaris casually ignores this clumsy attack!
<El-Cideon> Rosemund concentrates and calls upon the true power of Pelor to support her against his fallen champion!
<El-Cideon> OOC: POWER ROSEY is in effect, axion up now
<El-Cideon> The metal creature lumbers over toward its mistress's side, swinging once at the undead wyvern as it takes up a position to stand between Polaris and any future attacks from Fran.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{26}
<Julia> OOC: AC 18
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+10
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+10 --> 6,0[ 2d6=7 ]4,0{17}
<El-Cideon> "Of all the sanctimonious tripe that I have ever heard, there may be no better champion for the most self-serving!" Aria snarls as she echoes Julia's action and litters the field with another corrosive aura.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+29+3 Polaris fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+29+3 1,0Polaris fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{42}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14 cleric fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+14 1,0cleric fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{19}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16 axion fort
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 1,0axion fort --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{29}
<El-Cideon> roll 18d6 cleric takes full
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 18d6 1,0cleric takes full --> 6,0[ 18d6=57 ]4,0{57}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Fran and cat
<Franceska> A flaw in her plan, Franceska notes critically. She hadn't expected someone to heal Polaris, not after she admitted that Pelor had forsaken her. Fires ignite around her, and unlike Polaris's sword the heat from them is real, while her limbs are boosted with magic to maximize her attacks!
<Franceska> OOC: Quickened Thornskin, hero point to cast Fires of Purity, then a full attack on the cleric
<Franceska> roll 1d20+31
<Franceska> roll 1d20+31
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+31 --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{33}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+31 --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{37}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+26
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{28}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+28
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+28 --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{34}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+28
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+28 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{44}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+28
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+28 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> OOC: all but 28 hit
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29+2d6+29+2d6+10+2d8+28+2d6+10+3d6+75 and three infernal wounds, the 75 is fire
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29+2d6+29+2d6+10+2d8+28+2d6+10+3d6+75 1,0and three infernal wounds, the 75 is fire --> 6,0[ 2d6=4 2d6=4 2d6=8 2d8=14 2d6=11 3d6=6 ]4,0{228}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> "I'm only doing what I've always done!" Polaris calls back to Aria as her last humanoid compatriot is rent horribly asunder. "We must reject fiendish influences wholly and utterly if we're ever to be truly free of them, though I'd hardly expect understanding from someone who marches alongside them."
<El-Cideon> OOC: cat and Steph
<Franceska> OOC: Is the cat acting?
<El-Cideon> OOC: yeah, sec
<El-Cideon> Barnaby looks around and selects the next nearest target--the axion might be made of unpalatable metal but, well, Polaris pretty much is too!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{37}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{22}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d6+7 --> 6,0[ 1d6=5 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+3
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+3 --> 6,0[ 1d8=1 ]4,0{4}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21 grab?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 1,0grab? --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{23}
<El-Cideon> OOC: no grab :(
<@Steph> Rejecting fiendish influences would've meant being killed at childbirth, thus Stephanie has little truck with such arguments. But she does find it within her to dive at Polaris, flickering out of sight in her haste to reach their ultimate quarry! OOC: using a hero point to reuse pouncing charge. since I'm airborne and can't jump. >_<
<@Steph> roll 1d20+29
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+29 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{30}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+29
<@Steph> roll 1d20+29
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+29 --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{47}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+29 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{36}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{43}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{25}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{21}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24 crit?
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 1,0crit? --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{34}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 43 and 47 hit. Note that she's crit immune.
<@Steph> OOC: flatfoots and stuffdfog
<@Steph> OOC: oh okay
<@Steph> OOC: is she evil?
<El-Cideon> OOC: also please note if any of the damage is elemental
<El-Cideon> OOC: not quite enough >.>
<@Steph> OOC: are you sure? <.<
<@Steph> roll 1d4+10+3d6
<@Steph> roll 1d4+10+3d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d4+10+3d6 --> 6,0[ 1d4=2 3d6=9 ]4,0{21}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d4+10+3d6 --> 6,0[ 1d4=3 3d6=9 ]4,0{22}
<El-Cideon> OOC: LN. We can argue about why later.
<El-Cideon> "I rejected them for twenty years while living with them," Jill says, marching forward to hack at the axion. "I'm sure there are other ways."
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+25
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+25 --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{28}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+8
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+8 --> 6,0[ 2d6=8 ]4,0{16}
<El-Cideon> Shandria flies over to stab at it from the other side!
<Franceska> "The normal ways of actually going around and saving people from slavers!" Franceska calls out in agreement. "Once you start going for the macro scale and acceptable sacrifices, you fall into the Baator way of thinking!"
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+11 cold is irrelevant
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+11 1,0cold is irrelevant --> 6,0[ 1d8=4 ]4,0{15}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Scarlet
<Julia> Landing clumsily after devouring Wilfrid - though bits of him are still visible in the back of her mouth, Scarlet raises her tail high and slams it down atop Polaris, the need to defend her creator applying even without orders.
<Julia> roll 1d20+27 charge
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+27 1,0charge --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> Polaris casually deflects this mighty blow with her sword, before turning to one side and turning her martial talents against the target most immediately suited for her weaponry: Rosemund.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+31-5 PA
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+31-5 PA
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+31-5 1,0PA --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{30}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+31-5 1,0PA --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{29}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+26-5 PA
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+26-5 1,0PA --> 6,0[ 1d20=18 ]4,0{39}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21-5 PA
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21-5 1,0PA --> 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{28}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16-5 PA
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16-5 1,0PA --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+26-5 PA crit?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+26-5 1,0PA crit? --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{27}
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d8+16+1d6+1d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 4#1d8+16+1d6+1d6 --> 6,0[ 1d8=1 1d6=4 1d6=2 ]4,0{23}, 6,0[ 1d8=5 1d6=4 1d6=6 ]4,0{31}, 6,0[ 1d8=4 1d6=6 1d6=4 ]4,0{30}, 6,0[ 1d8=3 1d6=6 1d6=4 ]4,0{29}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d8+32+1d6+1d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d8+32+1d6+1d6 --> 6,0[ 2d8=8 1d6=2 1d6=5 ]4,0{47}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8)'
<El-Cideon> With nary a sound, Rosemund topples to the floor in a blink of the eye full with flashing blades!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Battersby
<Julia> With the endurance of the dead, Battersby keeps trying to lay teeth on Polaris, biting with uncharacteristic swiftness for a stiff corpse!
<Julia> roll 1d20+18 bite 1
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+18 1,0bite 1 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{19}
<Julia> roll 1d20+18 bite 2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+18 1,0bite 2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{37}
<El-Cideon> "I spent half my life fighting one small battle at a time," Polaris says to Franceska afterward. "It's as well to spit into the ocean as to try and defeat the hells one devil at a time."
<El-Cideon> And then she casually sidesteps the wyvern's every bite.
<El-Cideon> OOC: axion is up
<El-Cideon> The axion identifies Shandria as the most hated foe present, and swings at her twice!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{27}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{42}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+22 crit?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+22 1,0crit? --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{24}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+10 regular hit
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+10 1,0regular hit --> 6,0[ 2d6=4 ]4,0{14}
<El-Cideon> "I haven't any more of these, so I hope your bite's worse than your bark," Aria confides to Franceska as she casts one more Horrid Wilting--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+29+3 Polaris
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+29+3 1,0Polaris --> 6,0[ 1d20=6 ]4,0{38}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16 axion
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 1,0axion --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> roll 18d6 halved for both
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 18d6 1,0halved for both --> 6,0[ 18d6=73 ]4,0{73}
<El-Cideon> Polaris is, at least, beginning to look notably haggard by now.
<El-Cideon> OOC: Fran & cat
<Franceska> "Rosemund!" Franceska cries out, shutting Polaris's inane drivel and Aria's suggestions both out of her mind. An absent gesture sends a trecherous spike into Polaris from the ground up, while she rushes towards her friend and forces her magic to reshape itself to revive her!
<Franceska> roll 10d6 quickened stalagmites
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 10d6 1,0quickened stalagmites --> 6,0[ 10d6=39 ]4,0{39}
<Franceska> OOC: hero pointing a Heal on Rosemund, 150hp
<Franceska> OOC: Burning the lvl7 swamp lung I have for it, which is also lvl7 for me
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19+3 ref for Polaris
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19+3 1,0ref for Polaris --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{30}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | axion (30) > Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> Rosemund blinks back into consciousness. "Oh--thank you, Franceska!"
<Franceska> OOC: She sadly passes for half. I'll be a step away from melee now.
<Franceska> "Anything for you!"
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19 cat power!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19 cat power!
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 1,0cat power! --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{39}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 1,0cat power! --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{23}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+14 cat power!
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+14 1,0cat power! --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d6+7 --> 6,0[ 1d6=5 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> OOC: Steph is up
<@Steph> Mostly out of magical tricks, Stephanie can only put her faith into her seasoned martial skills, and the fact that they outnumber their opponents by a tremendous margin!
<@Steph> roll 1d20+26
<@Steph> roll 1d20+26
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{36}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{42}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+26
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{40}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+21
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{24}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+21
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{41}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+16
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+16 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{17}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+16
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+16 --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{19}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 42 hits. 41 gets through by virtue of being critthreat
<@Steph> OOC: I think I can flank with scarlet, which is nice
<El-Cideon> OOC: she is actually unflankable
<El-Cideon> OOC: for technical reasons
<@Steph> OOC: 'technical reasons', eh
<@Steph> OOC: That makes me only hit once, then!
<El-Cideon> OOC: okay then!
<@Steph> roll 1d4+10+3d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d4+10+3d6 --> 6,0[ 1d4=4 3d6=9 ]4,0{23}
<El-Cideon> Jill's sword whirls away to try and bring down the last barrier between her and her old comrade in arms!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+25
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+25
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+25 --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{39}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+25 --> 6,0[ 1d20=16 ]4,0{41}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+25
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+25 --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{28}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+20
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+20 --> 6,0[ 1d20=10 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> roll 5#2d6+8
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 5#2d6+8 --> 6,0[ 2d6=4 ]4,0{12}, 6,0[ 2d6=5 ]4,0{13}, 6,0[ 2d6=9 ]4,0{17}, 6,0[ 2d6=9 ]4,0{17}, 6,0[ 2d6=6 ]4,0{14}
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Aria (27) > Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> And then Polaris is alone.
<Franceska> "Let's do this," Franceska says, staring at their opponent. "Polaris or Galina or whoever you want to be."
<El-Cideon> "I don't really have to go near that, do I?" Shandria wonders with a tired air as she flies down on one side of Polaris. "You know, it says something about a person who has to change her name to hide what she's doing, doesn't it?"
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{20}
<El-Cideon> "Right, 'Mother Polaris?'" Shandria mocks despite her miss. Polaris casually evades and barks back: "I never instructed anyone to call me that name! They chose it for themselves!"
<El-Cideon> OOC: Scarlet
<Franceska> "And you chose to let them die for you while watching from your throne and waiting."
<Julia> If she were alive Scarlet would surely have all manner of clever lines to throw in here, but she isn't so all she can do is let her mouth do the eating.
<Julia> roll 1d20+31 bite 1
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+31 1,0bite 1 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{35}
<Julia> roll 1d20+31 bite 2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+31 1,0bite 2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{35}
<El-Cideon> OOC: hatebots!
<El-Cideon> "Enough of this!" Polaris snarls. She thrusts her sword into the ground, which ripples liquidly before a shockwave erupts out to thrust back everyone around her--
<El-Cideon> OOC: ref for everyone within 10 ft of her
<Franceska> roll 1d20+18
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+18 --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{26}
<Julia> roll 1d20+13 Scarlet
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 Shandria
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+13 1,0Scarlet --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{33}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+12 1,0Shandria --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{29}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+26
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{43}
<Julia> roll 1d20+5 Battersby
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+5 1,0Battersby --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{9}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+17 Rosey!
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+17 1,0Rosey! --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{32}
<El-Cideon> roll 20d4 all but Battersby halve this, evasion applies if you've got it
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 20d4 1,0all but Battersby halve this, evasion applies if you've got it --> 6,0[ 20d4=48 ]4,0{48}
<El-Cideon> OOC: it's sonic damage
<El-Cideon> OOC: full to Julia since she's still right there, yes
<El-Cideon> OOC: ow
<El-Cideon> OOC: Battersby!
<Julia> Unfazed and undaunted by this powerful attack, Battersby continues to attack with ferocity unbound!
<Julia> roll 1d20+18 bite 1
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+18 1,0bite 1 --> 6,0[ 1d20=9 ]4,0{27}
<Julia> roll 1d20+18 bite 2
<Rei-chan> 6,0Julia rolled :6,0 1d20+18 1,0bite 2 --> 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> Battersby's attempt at vengeance falls short of being effective. Rosemund braves an attack as she stands up to swing her mace at Polaris. "I agree!" she shouts. "I have had enough of listening to you talk!"
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+31-5 AoO
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+31-5 1,0AoO --> 6,0[ 1d20=14 ]4,0{40}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+16+1d6+1d6 nl
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d8+16+1d6+1d6 1,0nl --> 6,0[ 1d8=7 1d6=5 1d6=1 ]4,0{29}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+28 Rosey power!
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+28 1,0Rosey power! --> 6,0[ 1d20=2 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> OOC: or not. Aria is up!
<El-Cideon> Floating safely above the fight, Aria chants a bitter curse of death incarnate at her hated adversary--who turns it back upon its caster with a disdainful glance.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8 Aria fort?
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+8 1,0Aria fort? --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{9}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8 Aria is so hero pointing that hatebot
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+8 1,0Aria is so hero pointing that hatebot --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{21}
<El-Cideon> OOC: still fails
* El-Cideon changes topic to 'Current planar traits: -2 to CHA/WIS/INT-based checks for nonlawful, -2 to will saves for all | Fran/cat (24) > Steph (20) > Jill (19) > Shandria (15) > Scarlet (12) > Polaris (9) > Battersby (8) > Rosey (7)'
<El-Cideon> Aria tumbles from the air, lifelessly.
<El-Cideon> OOC: Fran and VENGEANCE cat
<Franceska> She can't allow Polaris to take Rosemund down again, and it is with that determination that Franceska takes that final step forward and attacks Polaris with all she has!
<Franceska> roll 1d20+31
<Franceska> roll 1d20+31
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+31 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{32}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+31 --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{46}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+26
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+26 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{33}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+28
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+28 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{45}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+28
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+28 --> 6,0[ 1d20=7 ]4,0{35}
<Franceska> roll 1d20+28
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d20+28 --> 6,0[ 1d20=11 ]4,0{39}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 45/46 hit
<Franceska> roll 2d6+10+1d6
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+10+1d6 --> 6,0[ 2d6=8 1d6=1 ]4,0{19}
<Franceska> roll 2d6+29+15 and infernal wound, the 15 is fire
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 2d6+29+15 1,0and infernal wound, the 15 is fire --> 6,0[ 2d6=6 ]4,0{50}
<Franceska> OOC: Also using quickened sheltered vitality
<El-Cideon> Polaris clings onto life, streaming blood from a multitude of wounds that would've killed a less determined person. Aria's cat leaps in to try and remedy that oversight!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+21
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=12 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+16
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+21 --> 6,0[ 1d20=1 ]4,0{22}
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+16 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> OOC: poor kitty. Steph is up!
<@Steph> Gritting her teeth, Stephanie vanishes once again from sight with a force of effort she didn't know she had! If that's what it takes-!
<@Steph> OOC: hero pointing to invis again! Also, invoking the dancing mongoose technique
<El-Cideon> OOC: she has auto-True Seeing, note
<@Steph> OOC: this is really putting a crimp in my plans!
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=3 ]4,0{27}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=5 ]4,0{29}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<@Steph> roll 1d20+24
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{43}
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+24 --> 6,0[ 1d20=4 ]4,0{28}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=17 ]4,0{36}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+19
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+19 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{32}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+14 --> 6,0[ 1d20=13 ]4,0{27}
<@Steph> roll 1d20+14
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d20+14 --> 6,0[ 1d20=19 ]4,0{33}
<El-Cideon> OOC: 43 hits. Make it count!
<@Steph> roll 1d4+10 in retrospect, none of my SAs would've hit!
<Rei-chan> 6,0Steph rolled :6,0 1d4+10 1,0in retrospect, none of my SAs would've hit! --> 6,0[ 1d4=2 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> Polaris presents the image of someone clinging on to life through power of will alone. Jill charges in to try and end things at last. "I'm sorry about this, Galina," she says, adding with obvious distaste for echoing the sentiment: "I regret that this is necessary."
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+27
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+27 --> 6,0[ 1d20=20 ]4,0{47}
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+8
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 2d6+8 --> 6,0[ 2d6=5 ]4,0{13}
<El-Cideon> It's not entirely without an expression of wounded betrayal that Polaris collapses upon Jill's sword.
<El-Cideon> OOC: free act
<Julia> Luckily the undead know not to attack Julia's friends, so with no further opponents present they both go still.
* Franceska stares at the corpse for a moment longer, before trying to prod at Julia's body.
<Franceska> roll 1d8+5 evil heals
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 1d8+5 1,0evil heals --> 6,0[ 1d8=7 ]4,0{12}
<El-Cideon> Rosemund's first instinct, as always, is to look around for the injured. "Is anyone very badly hurt--oh my!" She hurries over to Aria, checks for signs of life, and then scrabbles through her belongings for a diamond.
<Julia> Julia looks a little bit healthier, but remains comatose.
* Franceska seems stumped, and then moves over to Rosemund. "How's Aria?" she asks her. "Julia's still with us, but knocked out."
<@Steph> With their deadly danger over and done with, Stephanie is left feeling more than a little glum, and she turns her attention from the ugly sight of Jill impaling her friend to the devices surrounding them all. Perhaps if she studies the controls, she can figure out how to release the magi contained therein!
<El-Cideon> Jill kneels down and carefully checks Polaris for signs of life. "She's still breathing," she announces for everyone else's benefit. She doesn't sound certain whether this is a good thing or not.
<El-Cideon> "I will need a few minutes to get her back on her feet," Rosemund says.
<Franceska> "How about you? Need anything else?" Franceska asks her.
<El-Cideon> Rosemund shakes her head. "I am fine!" she declares. She turns and gives Polaris a speculative look.
* Franceska uses her most powerful remaining healing magic on Rosemund all the same.
<Franceska> roll 4d8
<Rei-chan> 6,0Franceska rolled :6,0 4d8 --> 6,0[ 4d8=18 ]4,0{18}
<El-Cideon> Rosemund nods in thanks, but appears to have something else on her mind. "So what do you suppose happens to this place?" she wonders aloud.
<@Steph> Stephanie turns back to Jill with a grimace, before walking over to Polaris and casting her a dubious look. "I don't even want to know what she got her powers from," she says, folding her arms. "No prison's going to hold her if she wakes up and recovers. Except here, I guess."
<Franceska> "We free everyone, figure out how it all works and break it. Maybe we can put Polaris in the same prison with the queen?"
<El-Cideon> "I am thinking about if she dies," Rosemund says. "She will go on to whatever afterlife is waiting for her and then everybody else has to clean up her mess, yes? I think that is too simple." She kicks Polaris's sword across the room.
<Franceska> "There's no need to get too vengeful, Rosemund. It won't be too hard to clean it up."
<El-Cideon> "I am not vengeful," Rosemund clarifies. "Although if I was, I could say something like it would be worse for her to have to watch us take everything apart."
<Franceska> "Yes, and you really shouldn't." Franceska looks over at Jill. "Do you want her alive, to try and get through to her? Only someone who cares for her could manage it, and it'd take a while."
<El-Cideon> Rosemund appears to reach a decision. She kneels down, tosses away Galina's shield and anything else of magical benefit that could make her a problem on waking. "I think maybe you should not let her get up for a while," she says to Jill. "You know, just in case." Jill finishes wiping her sword clean, nods grimly.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+15
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+15 --> 6,0[ 1d20=8 ]4,0{23}
* Franceska shrugs. They kept an incredibly powerful vampire queen contained, so an old hag like this shouldn't be too much trouble with the right preparation.
<@Steph> "If an antimagic cell can actually do the job..." points out Stephanie, touching her thumbs into her belt. "Then I guess we can throw the whole lot in there and keep an eye on them." Stephanie blinks. "We can recommission this place for it. If we sell all their junk we can afford to get whatever facility we need built to order."
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+15 in case that's too low
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d20+15 1,0in case that's too low --> 6,0[ 1d20=15 ]4,0{30}
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+7
<Rei-chan> 6,0El-Cideon rolled :6,0 1d10+7 --> 6,0[ 1d10=5 ]4,0{12}
<Franceska> "I guess you could put her to sleep here forever, too. If you wanted to."
<El-Cideon> Rosemund channels just enough healing energy to bring Polaris back from the brink of death, then turns almost disdainfully to see to her actual friends, kneeling beside Julia next.
<El-Cideon> Polaris's eyes blink uneasily open. Jill's drawn weapon dominates most of her immediate vision. "I've decided I'm going to take everyone back home," Jill says. "And you're going to help me."
* Franceska stays out of the way for now, preferring to help Rosemund instead.
<El-Cideon> "I am not used to doing it this way," Rosemund confesses. She looks up in prayer, although the effect is somewhat spoilt by there by being no sun and, indeed, no sky but metal. "Er, Pelor. My friend has done really a lot of good things and I need to help her but, you see, if I tried to do this the normal way it would probably kill her. So I need to...heal her by hurting her very very badly. Is that okay?"
<El-Cideon> If Rosemund receives any sign at all, it's only known to her. Eventually she reaches out hesitantly and channels Julia full of, well, it must be negative energy because it's doing the job, but somehow it manages to have a golden shine to it anyway.
<@Steph> If only Pelor could properly shine upon everything, even in this benighted wasteland!
<Julia> Julia sucks in her breath in a loud gasp as she regains consciousness, propping herself up. "Oh... Rosemund, I didn't know you could heal me. That was scary!" Hearing the eater of mages say 'you'll do' before blackness enveloped her will certainly feature in her next few nightmares!
<El-Cideon> Largely between herself and Jill, Polaris starts to ask "How...?" but Jill hardly lets her get a word in. "We'll start by telling all these children you raised that you were wrong, and the best thing they could do to secure a better future is just live every day to the fullest."
<El-Cideon> "I did not know either until I tried it!" Rosemund admits in a hushed voice. "But I asked Pelor if it was okay this once and he did not say that it was wrong, so I was sure everything would work out alright."
<Julia> "I'm glad you did," Julia says, putting a hand on Rosemund's shoulder to help pull herself to her feet. "We won, then?" Not that she ever doubted it of course!
<@Steph> "Yep," Stephanie tells Julia, sidling up next to her. "Day in, day out, it's nothing but winning, winning, winning."
<El-Cideon> "Eventually," Rosemund says, admitting, "I missed some of it myself. But Franceska pulled me back!"
<El-Cideon> Jill turns back to Rosemund. "Rosey, could you help Aria?" she asks. Looking back at Galina, she adds, "I am guessing I might need more than one set of hands to figure this place out."
<El-Cideon> "Oh, yes!" Rosemund hurries over to carry out the ritual she'd been distracted from earlier, and in a few minutes has the sorceress from Azure back on her feet.
<Franceska> "Glad to have you back," Franceska tells Julia.
<Julia> "Glad to be back. It must have been a fierce battle," Julia says, managing a smile. "So, are we going to let the prisoners free and destroy all of this, then?"
<Franceska> "Rosemund and Miss Cook want to see Polaris make amends, so we're making sure she doesn't get any stupid ideas."
<@Steph> "Jill's conscripting Galina to help with releasing the prisoners," Stephanie notes. "I'm going to get the bodies and the prisoners together. I figure, we sell absolutely everything, we can build-" Stephanie waves her hands. "Whatever prisons are needed and buy a bunch of diamonds. If she cooperates."
<Julia> "Should we sell it?" Julia asks. "Whoever we sell this equipment to would have a chance to figure out how it works. Then someone else will start kidnapping mages to fuel their mad ambition."
<El-Cideon> "More or less," Jill agrees. "But I'll not see a slaughter carried out by the prisoners, either. We'll do this orderly." She gives Aria a look. "Sort out who belongs to what world, make one trip at a time, that sort of thing." Another look at Galina. "And then you and I can go some place quiet so you can have some time to figure out why you were wrong. Even if it takes me the rest of my life."
<@Steph> "Oh, no. I meant their weapons and armor. We'll break the mechanism here," she clarifies to Julia. "I figure they won't be doing much when they're properly defanged. How much havoc can you wreak without being backed up by gold?"
<El-Cideon> Jill nods to Stephanie. "Take anything that could be used for warfare. These children won't need it anymore. We'll break the machines, and I suppose at the end I'll drop the castle in an ocean somewhere. Too much dirty work has happened here for anyone to do anything worthwhile with it again."
<Julia> "We could separate Galina's minions as well, the ones still alive. Just planeshift them individually to random planes so they can't reunite and try anything," Julia suggests, accepting this plan of action.
* Franceska decides it's safe enough to return to her human form and does so. "They're brainwashed, so they'll accept she was wrong if she tells them."
<El-Cideon> Galina doesn't appear to have much will left to fight while hearing her best friend talk at length about deconstructing her life's work. Whatever she has to say at this point is presumably for Jill to hear later.
<@Steph> "Great. Everything's gonna be smooth from here," says Stephanie, dryly, before she blinks. "Wait, we still have that loose end to tie up, huh?"
<Julia> "Nisbet?"
<El-Cideon> Finished with Aria, Rosemund turns back to her old friends. "And I have at least one very pointed question to ask Miss Nisbet. Maybe more than one!"
<Franceska> "I bet she'd be surprised when we plane shift in a ship larger than her house."
<Julia> "I don't know, she might have just planned this right from the start. Perhaps one of her friends is even dreaming here right now," Julia muses. She can't have just sent them after Galina on a lark after all.
<El-Cideon> ~